Larval settlement of the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, in the southern Gulf of Maine

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 403-409

  Lambert, Debra M ^a   Harris, Larry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echinoderm; Echinoid; Metamorphosis; Substrate

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0034366580     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2000.tb00110.x     Document Type: Article

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